Lupe Fiasco on Fuse [Video]

After listening to LASERS, we did not necessarily hide our distaste. What made things worse was that Lupe would not admit his part in the sub-par project. Sure, the labels locked him down, but they did the same to Pac. In our opinion, there were avenues available that would have augmented the audio and appealed to at least the loyal side of his fanbase, if nothing else.

That aside, Food & Liquor 2 is shaping up to be his rhyme resurrection. Watching live performances such as the clip above remind us of adolescent Lupe - you know, the Kick, Push kid - and makes us all giddy over the gift of a grown-up, self-professed dirty ghetto kid spitting politically-charged prose in only the way he can.